Going into the summer, receiver Bryce Bobo knew he had some work to do in the classroom in order to play for the Colorado Buffaloes this fall.

Bobo said in the spring that he needed at least Bs in two summer classes to be eligible, and it appears he did that.

"My first summer school class I got an A; the second one I don't know yet, but I'm guaranteed I got at least a B in the class," he said. "I'm pretty confident. Most likely I'm going to be eligible this year to play."

That's good for the Buffs, who could use another playmaker at receiver. Bobo had a great spring and so far in fall camp "he's taken off from where he ended the spring," head coach Mike MacIntyre said.

After redshirting last year, Bobo is hoping to fill some of the void left by Paul Richardson, who skipped his senior year to enter the NFL.

"I just have to keep working on my craft every day with coach (Troy) Walters and the other receivers, and just getting a better chemistry with the quarterbacks," he said. "I think I'll be a really big playmaker on this team.

"I'm not Paul Richardson fast at all, but I'm fast enough to where I can get past my defender and restack them. I have a burst after I catch the ball where I can get away."

So far in camp, when Bobo hasn't been making big plays, he's usually showing off his dance moves. CU plays music throughout practice, which has prompted several players to dance at times — perhaps nobody more than Bobo, though.

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"I dance during practice just to make it fun and to lighten everyone up and put a smile on people's faces," said Bobo, who declared himself and Chidobe Awuzie as the team's best dancers. "I don't like when practice is too serious and too tense. Sometimes you just need something to make it somewhat fun. When I hear music, I just start dancing throughout practice."

Special teams

On Wednesday morning, the Buffs did a lot of special teams work, including drills with the hands team on onsides kicks.

While the Buffs spend most of their practice time on offense and defense, special teams coach Toby Neinas said, "I feel like (MacIntyre) gives me an opportunity to prepare the guys properly."

That certainly showed last year.

In 2013, the special teams units had a tough start, but played very well most of the year. In fact, through three games last season, the Buffs ranked 123rd nationally in kickoff coverage, 110th in punt coverage and 107th in kickoff returns. During the last nine weeks of the season, however, the Buffs ranked eighth, 40th and 25th, respectively.

More returns

Last year, the Buffs were the most conservative team in the Pac-12 when it came to returning punts. CU returned just nine of its opponents' 59 punts (15.3 percent), opting to fair catch most of the time.

Washington had the next-lowest percentage, at 18.9, while eight of the 12 teams in the conference returned at least 30 percent of opponents' punts.

MacIntyre said several factors are involved with that, including a couple of bad weather games the Buffs played in, but in general he'd like to see more returns this year.

"We'd like to see some better returns, but at the same time I'd like to see some more blocked punts if we can, too," he said.

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